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The Beruni text; consolidating homogeneous and set-off parts

Lessons 76–78 · 3 lessons · M. Qodirov, H. Ne’matov, M. Abduraimova, R. Sayfullayeva, B. Mengliyev. Ona tili (Uzbek language), Grade 8, 4th edition. Cho‘lpon Publishing and Printing Creative House, Tashkent, 2019
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Working with a text and dictionaries

Textbook: p. 132
GoalThe text “Beruniyning dam olish kunlari”: figurative meaning, artistic devices and linking means between sentences.
New words
visit, call on · ziyoratwooden plough · omochploughing the land · shudgorexperiment · tajriba
Explanation

According to the story, Abu Rayhon Beruniy rested only two days a year: on Navro‘z and on the day the wheat harvest began. On Navro‘z he dressed festively, first met his relatives and then his friends and talked with them, then went out to the fields and spent the whole day ploughing and planting. On the harvest day he too dressed like a farmer, reaped wheat from morning till evening and told those who greeted him that this work was his rest. For a scholar busy with writing, reading and experiments, field work was true rest; he considered wasting time the greatest loss. The text has figurative phrases: “rizqimni teryapman” — I am gathering my harvest, I am working. Pay attention to the words that link the sentences in meaning (keyin, so‘ng, ham).

Worked examples
Figurative meaning: “rizqimni teryapman” — I am gathering my harvest. “Hayot lazzatini totmoq” — to enjoy life.
Linking words: “Bayram kuni u avval qarindoshlarini ko‘rgan, so‘ng do‘stlari bilan suhbatlashgan, keyin dalaga chiqqan.”
Class activity

Life truth: everyone finds a new idea in the text and writes it in one sentence.

Practice
1
When did Beruni rest?
2
Is “Dam olib, rizqimni teryapman” figurative? Explain.
3
Name three words or phrases linking sentences in the text.
4
What is the main idea of the text?